Because GOP congressman Mike Rogers, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee—who in recent weeks has repeatedly accused Edward Snowden of being a Russian spy, while never providing a shred of evidence—is retiring to launch a new career in talk radio.

And that’s the kind of hate-filled inanity you spew on conservative talk radio. Rogers’ appearances on the Sunday punditry shows now appear to have been, essentially, a tryout.

Somewhere very hot, Father Coughlin and Joe McCarthy are looking upward and applauding.